The Three Simple Ways On Remodeling Cabinet For The Kitchen

By Paul Fox


A kitchen cabinet is a built in type of a furniture in the kitchen for the storage of cooking equipment, dishes, food, and silverware. Usually, some of the appliances like dishwashers, ovens, and refrigerator are integrated to the kitchen cabinetry. Presently, there are a lot of available types of cabinets.

In order to achieve the perfect and the quick makeover, you must be focusing only on the cabinet renovation. If ever you have decided on doing this renovation just by yourself, you will surely have lesser costs if compared to having the professionals do the work for you. Also, a remodeling cabinet Seattle WA only requires little upgrades and little changes for making the appearance of furniture new again.

There are only 2 steps which are very easy to follow in doing the remodeling. The first step is doing the replacement of hinges and handles. So that it would be easy for you on giving it the new look and making the process inexpensive, you will only need the replacement of existing hard wares. Handles are one of the important parts in cabinets. Having the pull handles cannot be replaced easily with knob handles because pulls leave 2 holes and knobs only require one hole in the center.

But now, the problem can be solved through using faceplates. These should be installed first before the knobs. The main purpose of these faceplates is to cover the holes left by drawer pulls. Pulls may also be covered with faceplates with two holes.

When replacing the hinges, know first whether the cabinets are used with mortise or with non mortise types of hinges. Also know whether the hinges are required to be either semi concealed or fully concealed. The next step is to refinish the existing cabinets. When the cabinets still have a solid look but then you are just tired of that look, you may consider on changing the finishes through staining or painting.

If you do this, you are allowed to leave the cabinet in place and there is no need for clearing it out and living out with the empty boxes in weeks. However, the items should be checked and be sure not to place it near the edges during the painting or the staining. An important thing is making sure to clean and smoothen the surfaces that will be painted before starting to paint.

When smoothening surfaces, fine grit sandpapers are being used often. Rough areas will become smooth and those imperfections such as digs and nicks will be covered before priming using latex wood fillers or wall fillers. You must read carefully the instructions during this step.

And lastly is refacing those existing cabinets. When refacing, the only perfect choice is changing the styles of the doors and of the drawers. For achieving the color matches, do a veneer application to the front cabinet.

There are already a lot of companies in Seattle, WA who are selling veneer panels made of thick plywood and these are the same as the wood species of most doors and drawer fronts. You may purchase either stained or may be unstained types of drawer fronts, plywood panels, doors, and veneer. The unstained types will give you more options for the color.




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